考研英语一河池市罗城仫佬族自治县2023年全真模拟试题Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)A man, who is now sixty-eight years old, went overseas forty years ago. Just before they 1 , the girl he loved gave him as a souvenir, a heart-shaped knot（结）(symbolizing devotion) made of knitting（编织品） 2 . And he hung it on his belt 3 .Several years later he 4 and had children. His sweet-hearts looks, 5 time went by, became dimmer（更模糊）and dimmer like a landscape picture 6 away gradually, and his homeland only appeared in his 7 . In the evening of his life he often looked at the knot and sighed.One day, 8 the sight of the knot, his grandson 9 getting hold of it as a toy. The boy touched it and tried to 10 it. At last he did the trick and got it 11 and open.When it was spread out, it turned to its form as a long 12 , a very simple wool thread. Only by the clever 13 of a beloved girl could the thread be knitted into such a complicated knot. 14 love made so many simple things complex in the world.The old man was thus 15 to a great truth. Most of the complaints, 16 and hatred in life result from very 17 matters. If one is 18 mindful of them, they become mental knots. But if one 19 the knot, it remains a simple thread or line, 20 shape it becomes.1、Amarried Breturned Cparted Dleft2、Acloth Bwool Csilk Dcotton3、Aas far Blong before Cso far Dfrom then4、Agot married Bset off Cwent away Dgrew up5、Awhile Bafter Cas Dthough6、Agiving Bfading Cdying Dleaving7、Adreams Bthoughts Cideas Dminds8、Aat Bupon Cto Dfor9、Alet to Bheld on Cinsisted on Dheld out10、Aunfold Bfold Ctie Dfasten11、Arelaxed Beasy Cloose Ddifferent12、Athread Brope Cpipe Dstring13、Afinger Bhands Chead Darms14、AUnmarried BSeparated CHeated DDevoted15、Aawoken Bknown Cmade Dcome16、Ajoy Bkindness Cbitterness Ddislikes17、Alight Bsimple Cbig Dsmall18、Aalready Bnever Calways Dseldom19、Asees through Bgoes through Ccares for Ddeals with20、Awhichever Bwhatever Chowever DwheneverSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1 The American newspaper has been around for about three hundred years. In 1721, the printer James Franklin, Benjamins older brother, started the New England Courant, and that was what we might recognize today as a real newspaper. He filled his paper with stories of adventure, articles on art, on famous people, and on all sorts of political subjects.Three centuries after the appearance of Franklins Courant, few believe that newspapers in their present printed form will remain alive for long, Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and in some cases, their sense of purpose at a speed that would not have been imaginable just several years ago. The chief editor of the Times said recently, “At places where they gather, editors ask one another, How are you?, as if they have just come out of the hospital or a lost law case.” An article about the newspaper appealed on the website of the Guardian, under the headline “NOT DEAD YET.”Perhaps not. but the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and out of step with the world, has brought about a real sense of death, Some American newspapers have lost 42% of their market value in the past three years. The New York Times Company has seen its stock（股票）drop by 54% since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year. A manager at Deutsche Bank suggested that stock - holders sell off their Times stock. The Washington Post Company has prevented the trouble only by changing part of its business to education; its testing and test preparation service now brings in at least half the companys income,1、What can we learn about the New England Courant?AIt is mainly about the stock market.BIt carries articles by political leaders.CIt marks the beginning of newspapers.DIt remains a successful newspaper in America.2、What can we infer about the newspaper editors?AThey often accept readers suggestions.BThey caw a lot about each others health.CThey stop doing business with advertisers.DThey face great difficulties in their business.3、Which of the following found a new way for its development?Athe Washington Post.BThe Guardian.CThe New York Tinier.DNew England Courant.4、How does the author seem to feel about the future of newspapers